Funding / Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
The Office for Coastal Management’s competitive grant announcements can be found on Grants.gov by searching under the following federal assistance listing numbers:
- 11.419 – Coastal Zone Management Administration (Projects of Special Merit, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, Research Reserves Collaborative Science Program)
- 11.420 – National Estuarine Research Reserves
- 11.473 – Office for Coastal Management (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge, Coastal Resilience, Bay Watershed Education and Training, Great Lakes Areas of Concern Land Acquisition)
- 11.482 – Coral Reef Conservation Program
Table 1.0: Open or Recent NOAA Grant Announcements
| Grant Opportunities | Federal Funding Opportunity Announcements (NOFOs) (posted on Grants.gov) |
Dates of Interest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letters of Intent or Pre-applications | Proposal Deadline | Earliest Start Date | ||
| 2025 funded NOFOs | ||||
| Office for Coastal Management – Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding | FY24 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Competition | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, August 15, 2024 | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, January 9, 2025 | August 1, 2025 |
| Office for Coastal Management – Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding | FY24 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law National Estuarine Research Reserve System Habitat Protection and Restoration Competition | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, August 15, 2024 | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, January 9, 2025 | August 1, 2025 |
| Office for Coastal Management – National Coastal Zone Management Program | CZM Projects of Special Merit Competition – FY 2025 | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, January 17, 2025 | October 1, 2025 |
| Office for Coastal Management – Coral Reef Conservation Program | FY 2025-2029 Reef Research Coordinating Institute Designation and Cooperative Agreements | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, August 15, 2024 | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, January 31, 2025 | October 1, 2025 |
| NOAA-wide announcement | FY 2025 to FY 2026 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement. The notice requests proposals for special projects and programs associated with NOAA's strategic plan and mission goals. This broad agency announcement is a mechanism to encourage research, education and outreach, innovative projects, or sponsorships that are not addressed through NOAA competitive discretionary programs. It is not a mechanism for awarding congressionally directed funds. Funding for potential projects in this notice is contingent upon the availability of appropriations. | N/A | 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, September 30, 2026 | If found meritorious, generally three to six months after submission |
All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. Eastern time unless noted
Table 2.0: Archive of selected NOAA competitive federal funding opportunities (FFOs).
Information about NOAA Office for Coastal Management grants. (pdf)
Electronic grants management systems required to apply for and receive grant funds. (pdf)